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free software, Are you one of those people, who always wanted to get the benefits of paid software, but didn’t want to spend your money buying those, this free Softwares list will certainly solve your problem.

Then this article is perhaps written for the people of your type
free softwares

In this, I will be covering, what is cracked or pirated software, what is the difference between pirated and counterfeit software, are there any risks associated with the usage of these software and a list of free opensource software that anyone can use.

What is a pirated software or a cracked software?

what is a pirated software?, Pirated software is a software that has been copied from the original software and is distributed for free or at a very reduced rate than the original software.

One must be knowing that for using windows you will have to pay as windows are not open-source software, Microsoft once conducted an experiment to find out the percentage of people who are using a pirated windows os.

The results of this experiment were quite surprising, they found that in India whooping 85% windows users are using pirated windows, whereas this number was close to 100% in countries like South Korea and Malaysia.

When these many people are using pirated software, one must be thinking that there is no risk in using such software, but here’s the catch.

Risks of using pirated software-

there are various risks associated with the usage of pirated Softwares, some of them are-

When you are using such software, you never know what the person has added in that software

it could be a virus that can hijack your computer while there may be some people who use mining or bitcoin, etc. for the purposes you never know.

If you think that antivirus software installed in your computer will keep you protected, then you are wrong!

there are certain areas in the operating system where an antivirus software cannot reach, and if your os is a pirated one, you are at risk.

but what if you don’t want to pay a huge sum to buy original software, here’s a list of free software that you can use.

Free Softwares

This is a list of free software, which is comparable to their paid alternatives but the biggest advantage they have is that they are original and FREE.

Operating systems-

Here are 2 free opensource operating systems that you can use in your computer

1 ubuntu-

ubuntu is an opensource operating system software based on Linux kernel,

Ubuntu is very popular for cloud computing, its popularity is growing day by day due to its long term support and beautiful interface.

as its an original software, you never have to worry about the issues mentioned above.

2 Linux-

Linux is a very good alternative of windows os, it is virus-free and most importantly it's comparable to the paid operating systems out there.

Linux is most popular amongst developers and coders.

Web browser-

1- Mozilla firefox-

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source software developed in the year 2002 before which the Netscape navigator used to be one of the most popular browsers,

Mozilla Firefox is probably one of the most popular free internet browsers.

2- chromium-browser-

chromium-browser is an alternative of google chrome browser

google chrome is proprietary software and you get it on licensing terms

Google was criticized for not having an open-source software, then google launched the chromium-browser which is the free alternative of google chrome and you generally get it in recent Linux distributions.

Despite being a free software there are a lot of features in this browser, in fact, some codes have been taken from chromium-browser only for the new google chrome.

Media player-

VLC media player-

The VLC media player is one of the most popular media players present today

it very simple to use and most importantly it’s free, you can use it in Linux, raspberry, windows, and many operating systems.

Photo editor-

Gimp-

Gimp is the best alternative of the most popular photo editor i.e adobe photoshop

you can do almost everything that you can do in photoshop and that too free of cost, this can be used in Linux and windows

Compression software-

7zip-

7zip is a software that comes handy when your Pendrive has very less storage and you want to give a big file to someone, all you need is install 7zip and compress your file, all this without spending a single penny.

Office suite-

Libre office-

the libre office is an office suite which is the best free alternative of ms office

the best part about this office suite is that it supports all the extensions of the ms office( .ppt, .doc, etc.) and you get all the applications you get in ms office.

Software to use multiple operating systems on one computer

VirtualBox-

VirtualBox is a software owned by oracle, with this installed in your computer you can use 2, 3 or even 4 operating systems on the same computer.

A software for being anonymous over the web-

Tor-

tor stands for the onion router and as the name suggests like there are various layers in an onion it creates multiple layers of IP address so no one can know your IP address when you browse.

Software for storing your files-


FileZilla is an opensource FTP client, by using it you can upload your files and manage them and it is all free.

Voice recording and voice mixing software

Audacity-

Audacity is an open-source software using which you can reduce background sound, add echo effect, mix songs, etc. for free of cost.

Conclusion

The purpose of providing this list of free software is that you don’t use pirated software and keep yourself at risk and this software can do all whatever their paid alternatives can do.

It is the responsibility of programmers and hackers to improve these free software to provide users with a better experience.




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